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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1896.
vol. vi.
NUMBER. i7.
ON COAST DEFENSES
Squire, of Washington, Ad
dresses the Senate.
OCR CONDITION LAMENTABLE
Our Entire Cot Exposed and Helpless
Against Foreign Navies Senators
Morrill's Birthday.
Washington, April 14. Senator Morr
rill nf Vermont, reached the aee of 86
years today, and the event was referred
to in the opening prayer of the chaplain,
who .spoke of the white-haired senator
as hale in body, clear, sound ana . vigor-
' . it . J .,nAny9 V.t Vila
OUB in intellect, ana esieeiucu wj u.
brother senators, by his state and by the
whole country. At the conclusion of the
prayer Morrill received congratulations
from many of his associates.
Shortly after the session opened .Mor-
rill announced that Thursday next he
would speak on the necessity of addi-
tional quarters for the national museum,
Knnir was then recoemzed for a
speech on coast defenses. lie said all
the evidence taken by the committee on
coast defenses is lamentable iu the ex
treme. The defensive works are of a
character incapable of resisting modern
aitillerv. The evidence is overwhelm-i
ing that in case of war our. whole people
would suffer immeasurably, lie con
cluded: "We are encircled as a nation
with a chain of foreign fortresses and
while our rich sea coast cities or ports;
coaling stations impervious to attack,
includine San Dieeo. Sin Francisco.
Portland and Puget sound lay exposed
and helpless against the attack ot ior
eign powers that possess navies."
WILL DECIDE IN A WHEK.
Whether Nicaragua Canal Bill Shall Be
Reported to the Bouse.
Washington, April 14. The Nic
aragua canal and Hawaiian cable ques
tions were considered by the house com
mittee on commerce today, but no vote
was taken on any of the bills. It was
decided to dispose finally of the question
of reporting the canal bill to the house
one week from -next Friday. In the
meantime hearings may be continued,
and probably some of the government
engineers will be called' upon to give
their views.
' General Wagner Swayne. who repre'
sents the Pacific Cable Company, of
New Jersey, of which Colonel Spaulding,
of the Hawaiian islands, is preeident,
made a statement to the committee in
the interests of that company. A reso
lution was adopted, by a vote of 10 to 4,
expressing that the sense of the commit
- tee is that the government should aid,
by subsidy, the construction of a Pacific
cable. Neither of the two rival compan
ies, which are competing lor govern
ment patronage, were named in the re
solution, and no terms were suggested
' IMPORTANT ENTERPRISE.
Southern Pacific to Create
Similar to Pullman.
a Town
San Francisco, April 14. In connec
tion witn the plan of the Southern Pa
cific company to construct a short line
to Baden, via Potrero and South San
Francisco, there is another important
enterprise. This is said to be nothing
less than the creation of a railroad town,
similar to that of Pullman, near Chicago,
on the property of the Southern Pacific
company and itB individual shareholders
in this and San Meteo counties, where
the two counties join.
It has long been known that the rail
1 road contemplated constructing a short
line through this section, and that this
would have been the original route, but
for the opposition of certain landholders
25 years ago, but it Is only recently that
numerous developments have indicated
that the Southern Pacific people have
something more in view in making
heavy land purchases in the Potrero,
and more particularly in South San
Francisco, than securing a right of way.
It is proposed to remove the company's
repair shops and roundhouse to the new
town. It is said that work on the pro
ject is only delayed by tne company's
lack of ready money.
IT Will. BK REFUSED.
Cleveland's Offer as Mediator Said to
Bare Reached Canovas. .
London, April, 14. A dispatch from
Madrid to the Pall Mall Gazette, eays
Senor Canovas del . Castillo, the Spanish
premier, is ill, and cannot be inter
viewed. His relatives, however, confirm
the existence of a "communique" from
President Cleveland.. But, in the pres
ent state of public feeling, it will be im
possible for the government to accept
his offer. ' c
' Matters are very complicated, and
while the government will do every
thing in its power to avoid a qaarrel
with the United States, it will prefer to
fight rather than lose Cuba through
foreign pressure.
The coming cortes will grant Cuba
every reaeonaoie irancniBe wmcn uas
been enjoyed under the Spanish nag.
Unheard of at Washington. '
Washington, April 14. Nothing is
known at the state department of any
such communication from President
Cleveland to the Spanish premier, Senor
Castillo, as is referred to in the telegram
from Madrid. It is surmised, however,
that the matter is entering into Spanish
politics and is, perhaps, being more or
less distorted to serve party purposes.
THE CAREY FACTION.
PoPtIand clty Bnd county convention m
Session
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Telegram.
Ifc ig certa;n that never in the history
cf Multnomah county politics has such
deep earnest interest been aroused as
thafc which characterizes the present
can,pajgn. The division in the Repub
iican ranka has given hope to Demo
cratjCf Independent, Populist and Prohi
bition candidates alike, and with one
accord the adherents of these different
parties have gathered at the many meet'
ings and conventions which . have
marked the preliminary work of the
coming election.
Particularly was this interest notice'
able at the convention of the Carey dele'
gatea nel(1 thia morning at the Chamber
of Commerce. The hour for opening the
convention had been named for 10
o'clock. An hour before that time the
corridors of the building and assembly
hall were filled with men, the partisans
of every possible candidate on nomina
lion on the ticket to be named being
present.
The convention was called to order by
Judge C. H. Carey as chairman, with
Dan J. Malarkey as secretary.
Chairman Carey suggested that the
delegates from the different wards seat
themselves together, and that seats that
might then remain vacant be occupied
by the spectators
Secretary Malarkey then read the min
utes of the meeting of the delegates held
April 6tb, which were adopted, the name
of Mitchell, as itoccurred in the reading,
being received with rousing cheers,
The chair then announced that the
selection of candidates for the several
offices to be voted . for at the coming
election would next be in order, the
legislative nominees coming first. He
would bear the nominations for four
state senators.
State senators J. A. Hase'tine, J. J
Fisher, A. H. Tanner and W. M. Kil-
lingsworth. '
Representatives H. A. Hogne, W. E,
Thomas, Jonathan Bourne, jr., Van B
Tucker, Henry Wagner, Charles E.
Cleveland, T. A.Marquam. .
Clerk of circuit court Dan J. Moore
Clerk of county court . ... .F. A, Newton
County recorder C. A. Burckhardt
Sheriff . ... William Frazier
County treasurer Ealph W. Hoyl
County assessor E. S. Greenleaf
County sup't echools. . .A. P. Armstrong
County surveyor. .H. L. Neville
County commissioner. . . . .J. Eenwortby
Coroner Geo. F. Kochler
Justice of the peace, East Portland
district T. B.JJcDevitt ; constable, J.
N. Wheeler.
Justice of the peace, Powell's Valley
G. C. Miller.
Mayor W. S" Mason
Municipal judge L. A. McNary
Citv attorney W. M. Cake
City auditor . . . . . S. A. Arment
City surveyor. .T. M. Hurlburt
City sup't streets John Wood
City treasurer... ......'..Arthur Wilson
Councilmen Firat ward, J. E. Stipe;
second ward, Charles Logus; third ward,
L. H.Tarpley ; fourth ward, David Dal
gleish; sixth ward. John Robinson ;
seventh ward,T. C. Malone; eighth ward,
T. A. Davey; ninth ward, Samuel L.
Woodward tenth ward, J. M. Pitten
ger;' eleventh Ward, M. A. Share.
POLITICAL NEWS.
Maine
Eepublicans are in
session
today.
Gov. W. O. Bradley will be Ken
tucky's choice for the presidency.
North Dakota voices for McKinley and
against free silver. They also renew their
devotion to the policy of protection. .
Nebraska Bepublicans selected Mc
Kinley delegates. H. A. Thompson, of
St, Louis, a member of the executive
committee of the advisory board of the
A. P. A. arrived in Omaha direct from
the Cincinnati meeting of the .board, at
which it was decided to dppose the nom
ination of McKinley. - v-
BORN.
Tuesday, April 14th, to
the wife of J. I
W. Jenkins, a son.
H4LLS OF CONGRESS
Senate Considers Peffer'i
Bond Kesolution.
BILL'S SPEECH IN OPPOSITION
Be
Said Investigation Was Proposed
Without Charges Being Made
Blue's Amendment De
feated. Washington, April lb.--At :ia p. m
Peffer's resolution for an investigation
of the bond sales was laid before the
senate and the struggle for precedence
occurred. 4
Cullom, Allison and. Hale urged the
appropriation bills, but it was finally
determined to consider the bond reso
lution.
Hill took the floor to oppose the reso
Intion. He said this was a Populist
resolution and no one had a better right
to control it than Peffer. Hill declared
the investigation was proposed without
charges or grounds for imputing wrong'
doing. Peffer wanted a bond investiga
tion because he thought there was a
popular curiosity about bond issues
The senators who wanted a bond inves
tigation should have made specifications,
fheir course was extraordinary, and was
taken because no one wanted to be re
sponsible for it if it was found nothing
wrong bad been done. It was preferred
to take the gossip of the street and news
paper, insinuations rather than well
known, actual facts. ' v
In the Bonse.
Washington, April 16. The house
defeated Blue's amendment to substi
tute General Howard's name for General
Franklin's as trustee of the Soldiers1
Homes, by a rising vote of 55 to 130.
BOXING MADE HARMLESS.
The- Novel Invention of m Chicago Ama
teur Boxer.
Chicago, April 16: Boxing made as
harmless as top-spinning or any other
child's play, the manly art of self-detense
reduced to punting-bag exorcise this
astonishing transformation of pugilism
was illustrated in this city last evening.
The new scheme for making blows harm
less consists of a vest of padded, material
and a mask for the jaw and nose. It is
eo built that even the most heavily
landed blows seem to the wearer like a
gentle tapping and a person provided
with the device is practically invulner
able against a knockout.
Bob Eraser, a local amateur boxer, is
the inventor.; He completed this new
suit of his invention three days ago.
Besides the protection afforded the wear
er is an electrical registering device to
count the number of blows struck. - This
will result in making sparring a contest
for points in which no referee is needed
to give the decision. . When a vulner
able point is struck a stiff spring is com'
pressed, an electrical contact is made, a
small bell makes a single stroke and the
register counts one. The batteries
wires, register and ben are all fitted in
the back of the suit, and are extremely
light. Only punting blows are made to
count.
Last evening Mr. Fraser donned his
suit for a go with J. J. Corbett. The
big man chased his Jittle antagonist
about the stage, delivering blows with
both hands until the-register on the
back of Mr. Fraser'a suit Indicated 109
blows.. Mr. Fraser's score was about
six. After tne trial the ex-champion ex
pressed himself astonished and delighted
with the new invention and said it
would prove a great benefit to the art of
boxing.' A person equipped with it
would be practically secure against a
knockout, even by a far superior antago
nist. ' Advertised Letters.
Following is the list of letters remain
ing in tne postomce at The Dalles un
called for April 17, 1896. Persons calling
for the same will give date on which
they were advertised : t ; .
Erown, II J Brawn, C AV
Blakely, Billy C . Connoa. Mrs O B
Closner, E ' Cook, Mrs M J
fait, James J osier. Mrs F R
Green.Mr Geo E (2) Havely, John B
Helnier, Kose Higby, FA '
Hall, Mr C R Herr, Mrs T F.
Haward, Mr Tom Margan, Mrs M
Hughes, Mrs C
Portor, Mrs Julia I
Thomas, Mr J N
White, Miss Alice. j
A. Chosskn, P. M.
Moore. .Lewis
Scott, Mrs Walter
Joined the Cubans.
A ' former Spokanite, unless recently
killed, is now numbered among the Cu
bans who are making a struggle for free
dom from the yoke of Spain. He is
Jonn Lund, the eldest son of Oloff Land,
j a Scandinavian politician of Spokane.
Dry Goods
Clothing
Furnishings
At
BOSS GAS H STO R E D I ES .
Purchases made prior to that date effect a saving of
25 CESKTTS to -45 GENTS on the DOLLilR
.1 Mirror, French Plate, 56x32; 1 No. 8 Cooking Stove, of superior
make; 1 Large Heating Stove; 2 Small Stoves.
ENGINEERS MURDERED.
Three
Americans MassaoTed
by Hoi
tile Katabeles.
eicago. April 15. A cable message
from Cape Town reports the killing of
three engineers near Buluwayo. The
names of two of the victims are given as
Hammond and Palmer. Miss May E
Squire, manager of Handel music hall,
has grave fears that the third is her
cousin, Kicnard Lyle Mason, who was in
the vicinity of Buluwayo when last
heard from. The last letter received
from him gave his address as "Care A
R. Hammond, Buluwayo, Matabeland,
South Africa. The letter was dated Jan
nary 18, and was received here March 18.
It was written in the heart of Matabele
land, ouu miles trom the coast, and was
taken by a native courier 30 miles to
Buluwavo to be posted. Mr. Mason was
given exclusive charge of the mines in
the Zambesi district, Matabeleland, and
at the time he wrote was engaged in
moving, with a force of 20 men and 100
mples, some heavy machinery required
for the development of the mines. They
had passed beyond the fever districts,
and were 40 or 50 miles distant from the
uprising in ; the Transvaal. He went
there last September.
Though the party was 60 miles or more
from the scene of the first trouble in the
Transvaal, Mr. Mason wrote that he bad
no desire to get nearer, because "those
niggers shot too straight to suit him
He thought the natives had been incited
by the Dutch to rise against the English
in the first place.
Mr. Mason is a native of Australia,
but America is his adopted country.
His parents live in Australia, and he has
no other relative exeppt Miss Squire in
this country. She has made every effort
to secure information . in regard to Mr.
MaBon and his possible fate, but with
little success so far. The United States
has at present no representative at Cape
Town, the newly accredited consul,
James H. Mulligan, being now en route
to his post. .
Mr. Mason, though only 37 years old,
has acquired a fine reputation as an ex
pert mechanical and mining engineer.
He is a graduate of the school of design
n Melbourne, and' first practiced his
profession in the Australian gold fields.
Then he came to America and remained
here nine years. In that time he was
employed in every large machinery man
ufacturing plant in the country, from
San Francisco to Philadelphia.
An offer of 5000 a year decided him
to go to South Africa. He is one of the
one hundred expert mining engineers
whose services have been secured by the
English capital invested in the South
African fields. The head of this force
is John Hays Hammond of San Fran
cisco, a cousin of A. K. Hammond, in
whose care Mr. Mason's mail was to be
sent. It seems, probable that A. R.
Hammond and Mr. Mason were two of
the three victims of the natives. Mr.
Mason, it is known, had two other en
gineers associated with him in the Zam
besi mining district.
Burned to Death.
Salem, Or., April 15. Across the
river in Polk county last night an old
bachelor, living alone, named Eugene
Newton, set his house on fire and was
burned to death in the building. It is
supposed to be an accident caused by
his being intoxicated.
MAT BEAR GOOD ERTJIT. v
Spain Shows Signs of Accepting Cleve-
' . land's Offer. .. 1 :
Chicago, April 15. A special dispatch
to the Times-Herald from Washington
Bays: '"' ;
There is now hope that the efforts of
the United States to mediate between
Spain and the Cuban insurgents will
result in the bringing about of negotia
tions between the rebel leaders and the
Spanish government, At least, Spain
HI i
the end of the present month, the
shows signs of acceding to the request
recently made by President Cleveland
for the acceptance of the good offices of
the United States.
- The negotiations are in the bands of
Secretary Olney and Senor Dupuy de
Lome, the Spanish minister at this cap
ital. Senor de Lome, acting under in
structions from his government, has
made certain inquiries as to the method
which the president proposes to follow.
If the Spanish minister of foreign af
fairs finally accept the good offices of
this government, General Fitzhugh Lee,
our new consul general at Havana, will
be instructed to sound the insurgent
leaders as to their willingness to accept
reforms in Coba, and on these being
guaranteed to lay down their arms.
Wasco County Leads the State.
It is apparent the Wasco county fruit
crop this year will lead the state. Less
harm has resulted from frosts or other
causes. The only failure in our history
as a fruit producing county was in 1878.
January and the first few days of Feb
ruary were almost summer-like in tem
perature.' Flowers bloomed and the sap
rose in the trees. Then came the sever
est cold weather ever known. The ther
mometer descended from 15 to 30 degree
below zero, varying with locality, and
thfl trepfl werA killed hv ftn Inner nnntinn-
ance Great trouble was exnenenced V of Ayer'8 PiIls' witU tho most satisfac
ance. ureal trouoie was experienced tory rea;lt9i nover having a single
with water pipes, many being frozen
three feet underground. .Nothing as
disastrous ever occurred before or since.
Throughout all the years since then,
though at times the crop has been less
than at others, thre has always been
plenty'of fruit when bearing time rolled
around.
A New Stuay for School Children.
Mr. Emil Schanno returned last night
from the meeting o.f the state board ot
horticulture which convened April 14th
in Salem. The board meets semi-anna
ally, its next session , being in October.
The most important business done was
the drawing of a set of resolutions by the
board asking the educational board to
introduce suitable test books on horti
culture in the public schools. This is a
very wise action and should be taken up
with becoming ardor and promptness
Gov. Lord took occasion to compliment
the board for this action, saying that
every child, whether living in the city
or the country, should have a primary
knowledge of how to decorate nd bene
fit a home through the planting and cul
tivation of trees and shrubs.
EASTERN
OREGON.
J. B. Patterson, late of Arlington,
died in Walla Walla April 13th, of heart
"failure. He was 84 years of age.
A wreck occurred on the O. R. & N.
near Wallula Wednesday afternoon in
which Engineer Kimball was severely
injured and Fireman Rhody consider
ably hurt. They were on a freight train
of which four cars left the track.--The
locomotive, it is said, turned' completely
over.
The levee at Pendleton continues to
disappear into the hungry waters of the
Umatilla. The river shows no signs of
subsiding and the work of destruction
still goes on. Before many days the sit
uation will become dangerous to those
residing in the lower portion of town.
The end of the levee is still washing
rapidly and a place just below the sus
pension bridge is caving in at a rate that
is indeed alarming.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
Ladies, Gents
f Children's
SHOES.
NOT A SICK DAY
For Over Thirty Years!
EESTJLT 0? USING
AYER'SPILLS
"Ayer's Catliartio Pills for over thirl
years liavo kept mo in good health,
never having had a sick day in all that
time. Before. I was twenty I Buffered
almost continually as a result of con
stipation from dyspepHia, headaches,
neuralgia, or boils and other eruptive
diseases. When I became convinced
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that nine-tenths of my troubles were
caused by constipation, I began the use
attack that did not readily yield to this
remedy. My wife, who had been an
invalid for years, also began to use
Ayer's Pills, and her health was quickly
restored. With my children I had no
ticed that nearly all their ailments were
preceded Ty constipation, and I soon
had the pleasure of knowing that with
children as with parents, Ayer's Pills,
if taken in season, avert all danger of
sicknes." H. WETTSTitijr, Byron, 111.
AYER'S PILLS
Highest Honors at World's Fair.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Strengthen the Sptea.
Tramp's Bluff Didn't Work.
A burly-appearing tramp appeared at
the residence of Mrs. Verne Koontz this
morning and, Mrs. M. D. L. . French
coming to the door, he asked for some
thing to eat In an insolent tone. She is
one of those kind of women, who won't
stand a bluff and she refused point
blank. ' He then demanded some food,
and was met with an equally deter
mined front not to give it to him. He
then said he would go away, but would
c&me back "heeled". and she would be
glad to give him something. She said
she would be heeled too. She sent for
the marshal, but there was a little
trouble in finding him, and he did not
appear soon enough to make the arrest.
In the1 meantime the fellow had bung
around- the block and came back twice
afterward, renewing his demands. Mrs.
French maintained her position at the
door until he finally went away and was
lost to sight. .'
Overcome hy the Beat.'
Philadelphia, April 16. The mer
cury went up to 84 yesterday. It was
one of the hottest April days on record
in this city. George Sebela was over
come by the heat and died in the
Germantown hospital.
Dall Reed left Arlington Wednesday
with two car loads of horses for Hamil
ton, Montana, whore they will be sold
to farmers.
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